Cricket - as we see it
There is an old maxim that no professional drunkard has ever made a great professional cricketer, nor ever will. Surely, the above quotation has its own depth which is not merely restricted to the game of cricket. It has more in it than mere efficiency;
probably something called the spirit of cricket which is definitely beyond definition. I believe that by now my readers must have perceived that I am yet another cricket freak who is ready to bore them with all the monotonous cricket details. Believe me folks
I am not that much of a cricket fan. In fact I consider myself laymen when it comes to the game of cricket. Yet there is a curiosity, an unusual affinity towards the game that is keeping my pen all fuelled up and running. How a game that initially evolved
as a noble pursuit became one of the most lucrative professions of the world?
Cricket was probably the most valuable gift that England gave to this world. The game has a very intriguing history which stretches back to the year 1550. In the 17th century cricket reached North England and later it was introduced to North America. The
horizons of the game broadened as the time passed and it was introduced to other parts of the globe in the 18th century. The game reached http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in the early
19th century. It took almost 400 years for cricket to spread around the world. I wonder why such an interesting game took such a long time to gain popularity. Inefficient transport facilities and nonexistence of media may have been some of the reasons but
the actual mystery continues to remain in the shadows.
During the course of its evolution cricket changed a lot. New rules appeared every year and even cricket took new forms. New forms of the game like Test and One day emerged providing a real opportunity for the players to wow high-spirited fans, and hence
placing the game among the world's top sporting events. The lure of the old age cricket diminished as the time passed and cricket became more of a science fiction. I take it as an offbeat joke that in modern cricket a batsman is one who is alone and unprotected.
He faces the cunning bowler supported by ten fieldsmen and is observed by two umpires who make sure that the batsman’s errors do not go unpunished. The modern cricket provides an opportunity to its players not to be merely actors who are lost in the creation
of poet's brain or a playwright's mind. They are themselves the playwright and the poet.
One thing about cricket that amuses me the most is that the colours of the game keep on changing. The conventional crisp white uniforms have now been replaced by the colourful ones in the One Day Internationals. Every time a new team evolves, it comes up
with its own unique colour that becomes the logo of that team.
It’s a common perception that good cricketers are always rich and happy. Is it true? It’s true that cricket brings in a lot of money and is one of the most lucrative professions today. According to one estimate Sachin Tendulkar earns US $30 a minute. The
same goes for all the leading players of the world and if money is the ultimate measure of happiness, these players must be the happiest! Ever since the inception of IPL (Indian Premiere League) in the world of cricket, Indian economy has started to bloom.
The league is still a kid in the world of cricket, yet it has been able to attract the top players so far. While talking about the wealth and money involved in cricket we should keep the fact under consideration that cricket is a very precarious profession.
According to the statistics released by BBC the Indian Cricket Board, now the richest cricket board in the world, had a deficit of $150,000 back in 1992.
I believe that the future of cricket is very unpredictable. The game has crossed all the pinnacles of success. Cricket today is more commercialized than it used to be a couple of years ago. Today players are readily available to be auctioned off for a price
so that they may play for a club or an organization. But one thing that we cannot deny is that change is inevitable. The critics of the game may claim that the game is on the verge of extinction and will soon be replaced by much popular games like football.
They say that there is too much of cricket and most of it is useless. The notion that the game fears extermination may not be true but I strongly endorse the idea that cricketing powers around the world should join hands to uphold the traditions of this glorious
game.
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